Marvel president Kevin Feige admits, “it may have been a slight exaggeration,” when he claimed a master-plan of movies through to 2028.

“But we have a pretty good idea of where we’re headed over the next five or six years. And there are a lot of comic characters we’d like to bring on.”

A Black Widow movie, presumably starring Scarlett Johansson, tops the list. “She’s such an important character. She has a very big part in (Captain America: The) Winter Soldier, she has a very big part in the (The Avengers:) Age of Ultron.

“But we’re only doing a few movies a year. A Hulk movie with Mark Ruffalo is on the list. And there’s potentially a third Thor film that’s within Chris Hemsworth’s contract.” A Hawkeye movie with Jeremy Renner? “Same,” Feige says.

While filming Guardians of the Galaxy, “somebody’d say, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if this character showed up in Guardians?’ And we’d go, ‘Oh, maybe in Guardians 4.’ Well, we used to make those jokes about Iron Man 3.”

The big question mark is Iron Man 4. Robert Downey Jr.’s contract is up after the next Avengers movie. And he became even more pivotal there, after a key Marvel narrative – the cyborg villain Ultron being created by Hank (Ant-Man) Pym – was changed. Blame eight years of fruitless development with Edgar Wright on an Ant-Man movie.

Now, Ultron has been rewritten as a creation of Tony Stark, which means Downey’s Avengers role is even more pivotal.

Yes, the Ant-Man movie is finally being made – but Pym (Michael Douglas) has been rewritten as too old to Avenge. Paul Rudd plays the new Ant-Man.

“It was appealing to us to have a mentor scenario. That meant in the Marvel cinematic universe, Hank Pym had ventured from the ‘60s to ‘80s. So he couldn’t be an active member of the Avengers now.

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Black Widow, Hulk and Hawkeye standalone films possible: Feige

Marvel president Kevin Feige admits, “it may have been a slight exaggeration,” when he claimed a master-plan of movies through to 2028.

“But we have a pretty good idea of where we’re headed over the next five or six years. And there are a lot of comic characters we’d like to bring on.”

A Black Widow movie, presumably starring Scarlett Johansson, tops the list. “She’s such an important character. She has a very big part in (Captain America: The) Winter Soldier, she has a very big part in the (The Avengers:) Age of Ultron.

“But we’re only doing a few movies a year. A Hulk movie with Mark Ruffalo is on the list. And there’s potentially a third Thor film that’s within Chris Hemsworth’s contract.” A Hawkeye movie with Jeremy Renner? “Same,” Feige says.